by chitchatmedia | Jan 6, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Happy New Year, dear Reader! I pray that 2025 is kind to you, your family and to us all. Did you overindulge over the Xmas/New Year period? Too much food, alcohol, not enough sleep, stressed? Are you feeling a bit BLAH? Food fatigued? Yep, I get it! I didn’t...
by chitchatmedia | Jan 6, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Having recently finished restoring a 50-year-old Mirror dinghy, I was once again drawn to read one of my favourite sailing books, THE UNLIKELY VOYAGE of Jack de Crow by A.J. Mackinnon. While this book, published ten years ago, is well known among the dinghy sailing...
by chitchatmedia | Jan 6, 2026 | John E Middleclass, News, Uncategorised
Let’s continue our series on Economics in One Lesson. In Chapters 5 and 6 of Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt explains how government spending and taxes affect the economy in ways that might not be obvious at first. Hazlitt’s ideas show that...
by chitchatmedia | Jan 6, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
You may have heard alot of buzz around the bees. Various campaigns emerging to ‘Save The Bees’, but why and what from? Let’s start by saying Bee’s are vital because of their role in pollination. Pollination is crucial for food production, biodiversity, and ecosystem...
by chitchatmedia | Jan 6, 2026 | News, Uncategorised
Fake laughter can be the worst possible sting, As useful as having to wear fake bling, So hands up who invented it, Lets recognize the work of that demented nit, Who introduced this phoniest thing, Or did it come from America tied up with string. America gave the...
